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Book Review: Le Great British Tour de Cake

Me: Do we do book reviews? Clarion editor: Errr… Me: It’s about bike rides. Editor: Hmm… Me: And cake, lots of cake. Editor: Mmm… This is a chatty book. (Possibly more chatty than our editor.) You will often feel that Heth Miller, the author, is right there nattering to

Every bookshop in Oxford

Every bookshop in Oxford

Oxford is a city of books and bookshops. Reporting on a new opening in the city centre encouraged your Clarion team to think about their favourites ... Independent bookshops Caper, Magdalen Road Children's books, cookery books, and more in East Oxford's Magdalen Road Village since 2023. There’

In celebration of indie retailers

In celebration of indie retailers

“I left my phone alone for one hour and you lot have eaten the entirety of Oxford!” So went the Clarion WhatsApp chat when we started discussing our favourite independent retailers in Oxford. 21 March is the first ever Indie Oxford Day, a new annual event launched by tireless indie

The volunteers helping children find their voice through books

The volunteers helping children find their voice through books

“It’s three minutes past one,” announced B, as we walked from his Year 4 classroom, down the corridor and to our normal reading space outside of the school library. “So it is B, you did a super job telling the time,” I replied encouragingly. “But you’re meant to